If school began at 8:30, (for me this would be ten minutes earlier than my current start time) what could be gained from this? Ten minutes a day, would that make much difference in a child's academic achievement? while I realised that that compounded ten minutes would end up being 50 minutes across a school week, those 50 minutes would actually have to be divided into a full week. So again I ask you would ten minutes make a difference in a intermediate childs learning?
A lot of students in my school catch the bus. Some of them get here just in time for the bell to ring. If they don’t have a bus that leaves around 20 minutes before 8:30 the child will be late to school.
Do you want your child to get to school late?
If I had a child I know that him/her coming late to school would affect their learning.